Great watching it unfold liveish yesterday afternoon, via the trackers. The performance of these aircraft and pilots is pretty amazing.
The peculiar way that regulations are made in this country hasn't gone unnoticed by some of the visitors:
January 12th | US Soaring Team
One notable quirk is a requirement for flashing yellow lights on all vehicles that drive onto the airfield. This curious rule comes not from the contest organization, the gliding club, or the Australia aviation authorities, but rather from the local town government. In the (dangerously) bright Victoria sunlight, a flashing yellow light improves vehicle visibility by a distance measured in centimeters (in some cases you have to look closely to determine that the light is indeed on). It would be interesting to hear how anyone arrived at the notion that this was a rational idea. But we get a strong sense that this battle was fought to a standstill long ago, and the mere fact that flashing lights make no sense no longer matters. It’s their airfield; we go along.